Opove M3 PRO 2

For years I have been having issues with trigger points in my quads and hamstrings that I just couldn’t take care of with foam rolling. I have used numerous self-massage solutions (eg. rolling, vibrating rollers, Bodyback buddy, Thera cane, my own hands) and even the help of a professional massage therapist.

In those same years, I have researched anatomy, kinesiology, massage therapy, and acupuncture for the pain. While every treatment had its benefits, (professional treatment of course is the best of the bunch) nothing compares to this massage gun.

I’m ticklish, very ticklish. Spastic is more accurate really. While hiring a professional trigger point massage therapist was one of the best investments I could have made for my health at the time, he simply could not work on some parts of me that were in dire need of work because I would jerk violently at the slightest pressure to those areas. SCM? no deal. sartorius? couldn’t do it. Hamstring? a recipe for getting kicked in the face. Anything around the iliac crest? a recipe for getting kneed in the face. I wished I wouldn’t happen, but it was all involuntary, no matter how much I focused and meditated on the reaction, it was not enough to let the therapist get any work done

Enter Opove.
This thing sidesteps all the sensitivity issues I had and now I and experiencing mobility I couldn’t remember ever having before. At its highest setting, the hammer moves so fast that my CNS doesn’t have the time to react, so the pressure is barely felt, no jerking happens, but the fascia is still being broken up. I use this device every day in the morning when I wake up. I use it at night before I go to bed. I use it in the middle of the day when I have a break and want to work on my trigger points.

It feels great to use and it feels even better to live a life having had used it.

Now, of course, with all this glowing praise the device does have room for improvement.

For example, this thing can get pretty hot, expect about 10 minutes of sustained use before it turns itself off to prevent overheating, which if you are using it on multiple people in a short amount of time may be worth consideration. I just use it on myself so it is not much of a big deal.

One other place where there is room for improvement is also in the ergonomics of the device. When using it, I am often holding the handle/battery with one hand and bracing the back of the device with the other to prevent it from bouncing too much. However the back of the Opove M3 Pro is a cylinder with tight corners, so bracing it with two hands is not the most comfortable experience. Though to be sure, as stated previously, it can vibrate so fast that you won’t feel anything while you are using it, its just for a few minutes after there may be soreness where the hands were on the corners. I can place my palm on the flat part of the cylinder, though given that that is one of two air vents for the motor I sometimes get nervous that it would overheat faster if I were to go that route.

Despite the areas where it may need improvement, I have to say that this is easily the best piece of electronics I have received this year, the benefits for my joint health can’t be overstated, and the fact that it comes with different heads that attach to the device is a huge plus.

My life had changed because of this massage gun.